2003-01-01 More than a decade ago, Jerry Sittser prayed for the protection of his family, yet three of his loved ones---his daughter, his wife, and his mother---died in an automobile accident. What went wrong? 'Why wasn't my prayer answered?' he asks. 'It is no longer an abstract question to me. What should...
The AERDO Occasional Papers series is publichsed by the Association of Evangelical Relief and Developement Organizations. Its purpose is to provide a forum in which critical issues in relief and developement can be raised and discussed.
2017-01-01 When you come to the end of your days, you will not measure your life based on success and failures. All of those will eventually blur together into a single memory called “life.” What will give you solace is a life with nothing left undone. One that’s been lived with relentless ambition, a heart...
2014-01-01 You are invited to live life to the fullest. For five hard years Christian leader Kevin Myers struggled personally and professionally. But it was during that time that God pointed out where he was going wrong and showed him the biblical pattern for living. It proceeded to transform his life,...
2016-01-01 In these pages,New York Timesbestselling author Shauna Niequist invites you to consider the landscape of your own life, and what it might look like to leave behind the pressure to be perfect and begin the life-changing practice of simply being present, in the middle of the mess and the...
2003-01-01 John Piper writes,"I will tell you what a tragedy is. I will show you how to wasteyour life. Consider this story from the February 1998 Reader's Digest: A couple 'took early retirement from their jobs in the Northeast five years ago when he was 59 and she was 51. Now they live in Punta Gorda,...
2012-01-01 Emotional health and spiritual maturity are inseparable. It is not possible to be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature. Designed for use with the Emotionally Healthy Skills 2.0 DVD, this workbook provides the necessary practical skills for your spiritual formation journey so...
2008-01-01 Not where you want to be? Wondering how to get there?Why is it that smart people with admirable life goals often end up far from where they intended to be? Why is it that so many people start out with a clear mental picture of where they want to be relationally, financially, and professionally...
2009-01-20 Is our faith just about going to church, studying the Bible and avoiding the most serious sins-or does God expect more? Have we embraced the whole gospel or a gospel with a hole in it? Ten years ago, Rich Stearns came face-to-face with that question as he sat in amud hut in Rakai, Uganda,...
2014-01-01 This profound little book encourages us to set aside our limited expectations, and to fall in line with God's. Human beings like organization, structures, plans; God grows people. We ask for a budget; God offers us love. If you are aiming at relationship rather than performance, how do you...